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2025 Regular Session

House Bill 928

Hospitals; require those with ERs to have trained personnel on duty to conduct examinations of victims of sexual assault.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE LICENSED HOSPITALS THAT OPERATE AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PHYSICIAN, ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR REGISTERED NURSE ON DUTY DURING EACH SHIFT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHO IS ABLE TO CONDUCT FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PREPARE SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS FOR THOSE VICTIMS; TO PROHIBIT LICENSED HOSPITALS FROM TURNING AWAY OR REFUSING TO EXAMINE OR TREAT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT; TO REQUIRE LICENSED HOSPITALS TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS FOR USE WHEN CONDUCTING FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT; TO AUTHORIZE LICENSED HOSPITALS TO CONTRACT WITH FORENSIC NURSES TO CONDUCT FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PREPARE SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS FOR THE HOSPITAL; TO AMEND SECTION 99-51-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE MEDICAL FACILITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO KEEP SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS IN A SEPARATE REFRIGERATION UNIT THAT IS USED ONLY FOR THE STORAGE OF LABORATORY RESULTS OR A SIMILAR UNIT USED TO STORE SENSITIVE HOSPITAL MATERIALS RELATED TO THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 99-37-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR PAYMENT FOR FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS OF VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PREPARATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

6 co-sponsors

Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, Jay McKnight, Fred Shanks, Beth Luther Waldo, Price Wallace, Zakiya Summers

Its course

January 17 to March 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action9 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1226 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Feb 418 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Mar 4 · stopped20 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 18 to Mar 4 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 12Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 12Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Tullos, Creekmore IV and Felsher)
  2. Feb 13Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Feb 18Sent to the Senate
  4. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  5. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 12Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Motion to Reconsider Entered (Tullos, Creekmore IV, Felsher)House of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 18Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 18Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  9. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate